managed largely from western firms. This fact has manifold consequences for the innovation behaviour of plants, among others …

, it is increasingly applied to regional innovation context [OECD 2013; Foray, David, Hall 2009; McCann, Ortega …-Argiles 2013; Camagni, Capello 2013]. Regions are recognized as a relevant level of innovation policies given the weight of … technology areas, should follow the rule: not to do everything in science, technology and innovation and to promote actions …

dissemination of innovations in regions via spillover effect (NESTA Business growth and innovation, 2009). Fast-growing companies … may contribute more than 50% to GDP growth (Europe INNOVA Gazelles Innovation Panel, 2008). There are several works, that … exogenous factors (Delmar, Davidsson, Gartner, 2003). In our work we assume that regional innovation performance (as a share of …

ideas and projects. One of the consequences of the economic crisis is that many companies have reduced their innovation … differences across countries regarding the degree to which the economic crisis has affected firms' innovation investment. It has … been argued that national institutional settings and the structural characteristics of national innovation systems have …

This paper studies the impact of environmental innovation on employment growth using firm-level data for 16 European … effects of environmental and non-environmental product as well as process innovation. By looking at country and sector level … differences, it also generates new insights into the heterogeneity of the environmental innovation-employment growth link along …

Hall point it, as an important instrument for creating a strategy for the development of innovation at the state and … need for countries and regions to specialize as well as focus development of innovation in areas that are consistent with …

knowledge base complexity and the international geography of innovation with particular emphasis on understanding catch … empirical results also offer some theoretical insights about the dynamics of geographical patterns of innovation. In the last …

Current innovation policy is the result of decades of research about the nature and role of innovation in economic … growth. Such investigation has contributed to redesign our knowledge not only on the role played by innovation in economic … development but also about the relationship between innovation and territory. Although the huge literature examining the …